More than 500,000 iOS apps approved

Apple has reportedly approved over half a million iPhone, iPod touch and iPad apps. Right now there are only about 400,000 apps in the App Store, because not every app that’s approved stays in the App Store forever. But for a platform that’s only about 3 million years old, 400,000 or 500,000 apps ain’t bad.

Of course, there’s a lot to be said for quality over quantity. A fair number of those apps are awful games or simple apps that don’t do very much. But not only are there more apps for iOS than any other smartphone platform at the moment, but it sure seems like there are more high quality apps for the platform as well. It’s not like there aren’t low quality apps littering the Android Market, BlackBerry App World, or Windows Phone Marketplace.

The folks at 148apps, Chomp, and Chillingo have put together an attractive infographic to mark the milestone. A few interesting points: